Walgreens Boots Alliance is weighing an acquisition of Evolent Health, the healthcare group that has been under activist investor pressure to consider a sale.
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NAM Implications:
- Evolent runs a platform that helps providers like hospitals and doctors manage their costs.
- It also seeks to equip them to transition to a so-called value-based care model, under which doctors and hospitals are reimbursed for the quality of care they provide, rather than the amount.
- Evolent also works on behalf of health insurers to help get approvals, cut costs and provide guidance to doctors about the optimal way to treat patients.
- How about viewing this as a way of anticipating the arrival of Amazon into full healthcare provision
- (and as Amazon usually try new initiatives in the US, a pointer for UK and EU suppliers and retailers)
